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Having had a sort of career at sea. I’ve had some great laughs. My job as a pro. Sailor means that this is the only way to survive. The ups and downs with a life like this… Starting off from when I was quite young. My mother and father took us (my sister Pat and I). Cruising from a very early age. They were brilliant experiences for young kids. As this was back in the...

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Ua-Pou. Say it slow and it tastes like salt and history. It’s only about 26 miles from Nuku Hiva, but it might as well be a century and a lifetime away. Five jagged spires claw up into the clouds like the bones of some old god, and one of them never quite lets go of its misty blanket. The whole island is small, green, and wild in that untouched, don’t-even-think-about-it way. Half the size of Catalina...

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Having A Wicked Sense Of Humor Does Help!

Having had a sort of career at sea. I’ve had some great laughs. My job as a pro. Sailor means that this is the only way to survive. The ups and downs with a life like this… Starting off from...

Sailing The Marquesas Islands

Ua-Pou. Say it slow and it tastes like salt and history. It’s only about 26 miles from Nuku Hiva, but it might as well be a century and a lifetime away. Five jagged spires claw up into the clouds like...

Fools Rush In

Ever notice how the old salts down at the dock all sound like philosophers… right up until they start telling you about the time they ran aground, snapped a mast, or trusted the wrong weather report? Yeah, funny thing...

Good Read: The Sailing Life

You’ve just shoved off from Gibraltar, tailwinds flirting with your hair, and you’re curving around the southern tip like some smug little sea predator with a destination: Ibiza, Spain. Down below, your significant other is clinging to whatever semblance...